CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

Part One: From Peace to War

1 Mennonites and Military Service in the Soviet Union to 1939

2 Russian Baptists and the Military Question, 1918–1929

3 Pacifism and Conscientious Objection in Finland, 1918–1945

4 In Search of a 'Lost' Belarusan Pacifist Leader

5 War Resisters in Weimar Germany

6 The Anarchopacifism of Bart de Ligt

7 The Conviction of Things Not Seen: Christian Pacifism in France, 1919–1945

8 Defending the Rights of Man: The Ligue des droits de l'homme and the Problem of Peace

9 A Legitimate Peace Movement: The Case of Interwar Britain, 1918–1945

10 Women Pacifists in Interwar Britain

11 The Peace Pledge Union: From Peace to War, 1936–1945

12 J.S. Woodsworth and War

13 'Practical' and Absolute Pacifism in the Early Years of the U.S. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

14 The Fight against War of the Historic Peace Churches, 1919–1941

Part Two: The Second World War

15 Quakers in Uniform: The Friends Ambulance Unit

16 Conscientious Objection in Canada

17 Pacifists as Conscientious Objectors in Australia

18 Pacifism and Conscientious Objection in New Zealand

19 Conscience and Conscription in a Free Society: U.S. Civilian Public Service

20 Pacifist Professional Women on the Job in the United States

21 Prison Journey of an American War Resister

22 Conscientious Objection and Popular Culture: The Case of Lew Ayres

23 Conscientious Objectors in Nazi Germany

24 Danish War Resisters under Nazi Occupation

25 Pacifists in Nazi-Occupied Norway

26 For Church and Peace: Dutch Christian Pacifists under Nazi Occupation

Part Three: Pacifist Outreach: Japan and India

27 Pacifism in Japan, 1918–1945

28 Gandhi's Satyagraha and Its Roots in India's Past

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

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